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Josef Pieper

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Born: May 03 1904

Died: 0505 11 19971997

Josef Pieper was professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Münster/Germany; he was a member of several academies and received numerous awards and distinctions, among them the International Balzan Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of humanities.

Pieper is among the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century. The main focus of his thought is the overcoming of cultural forms of secular totalitarianism and of its philosophical foundations through a rehabilitation of the Christian concept of man that is related to experience and action. Plato and Thomas Aquinas in particular were the inspiring sources of a constructive criticism of contemporary culture.

Josef Pieper

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Born: May 03 1904

Died: 0505 11 19971997

Josef Pieper was professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Münster/Germany; he was a member of several academies and received numerous awards and distinctions, among them the International Balzan Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of humanities.

Pieper is among the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century. The main focus of his thought is the overcoming of cultural forms of secular totalitarianism and of its philosophical foundations through a rehabilitation of the Christian concept of man that is related to experience and action. Plato and Thomas Aquinas in particular were the inspiring sources of a constructive criticism of contemporary culture.

Books from Josef Pieper

Leisure: The Basis of Culture

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Four Cardinal Virtues

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Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Abuse of Language—Abuse of Power

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Faith, Hope, Love

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Guide to Thomas Aquinas

4.2/5 ( ratings)

In Tune With The World

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Happiness and Contemplation

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Silence of St. Thomas

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On Hope

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Tradition: Concept and Claim

4.1/5 ( ratings)

For Love of Wisdom: Essays on the Nature of Philosophy

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Four Cardinal Virtues: Human Agency, Intellectual Traditions, and Responsible Knowledge

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Living the Truth

4.8/5 ( ratings)

Scholasticism

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Fortitude and Temperance

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Concept of Sin

Problems of Modern Faith: Essays & Addresses

Leisure the Basis of Culture

The End of Time: A Meditation on the Philosophy of History